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San Francisco Giants second baseman Thairo Estrada, left, turns a double play while avoiding Arizona Diamondbacks’ Christian Walker, right, on a ball hit by Lourdes Gurriel Jr. in the first inning  at Chase Field in Phoenix on Sun May 14, 2023 (AP News photo)

By Daniel Dullum
Sunday, May 14, 2023

PHOENIX, Ariz. – The Mother’s Day crowd at Chase Field was treated to a new age pitching duel that involved a combined total of seven hits surrendered by six pitchers. In the end, it was Lourdes Gurriel Jr.’s run-scoring double in the bottom of the ninth that gave Arizona its third win in a row over the San Francisco Giants Sunday.

The win pulled the Diamondbacks (24-18) to within 2 ½ games of the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West, while fourth-place San Francisco (17-23) is 8 ½ games off the pace.

In the Diamondbacks ninth, Christian Walker drew a walk from Giants reliever Tyler Walker (0-3) to lead off the inning, then Gurriel doubled down the left-field line, and, as the ball rattled around by the bullpen, a hustling Walker scored the game-winning run from first base.

“We generally play our defenders to the most likely spot the ball is going to be hit, based on spray charts,” Giants manager Gabe Kapler said. “Sabol did everything he could to hit the cutoff man and have a play at the plate, but we weren’t able to convert.”

Gurriel’s 21st run batted in of the season made Miguel Castro (2-1) the winning pitcher. Castro, the fourth Diamondbacks hurler, retired the Giants in order in the top of the ninth, striking out Blake Sabol and Casey Schmitt in the process.

Diamondbacks starter Brandon Pfaadt struck out the side in the first inning and retired 11 of the first 12 hitters he faced until surrendering a solo home run to Michael Conforto in the fourth inning. It was Conforto’s seventh home run of the season.

Pfaadt, a fifth-round pick from Bellarmine University in 2020, struck out five, walked three and gave up only one hit – the home run by Conforto – in his five innings. Jose Ruiz worked the next two innings, striking out four without a walk, and Scott McGough threw a scoreless eighth.

“I just wanted to go out there and trust myself,” Pfaadt said. “That’s what we did today. Hopefully, we can get rolling after this.”

Arizona tied the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the fifth on a two-out RBI double down the right field line by Josh Rojas. Geraldo Perdomo, who reached on a fielder’s choice, scored from first.

Logan Webb gave the Giants a quality start, giving uo one earned run on three hits and three walks with three strikeouts in seven innings, while throwing 98 pitches. Tyler Rogers retired Arizona in order in the eighth before facing Walker and Gurriel in the ninth.

Webb worked out of an early jam in the first inning. After Ketel Marte was hit by a pitch with one out, walks to Corbin Carroll and Christian Walker loaded the bases. But Gurriel hit into an inning-ending double play.

The Giants return home Monday to start a three-game series with Philadelphia. Alex Wood (0-0, 2.45) will start Monday’s game for the Giants and Alex Cobb (3-1, 1.70) starts on Tuesday. No probable starter has been announced for the Wednesday contest.

GIANTS JOTTINGS: INF Brandon Crawford was activated from the 10-day injured list following Saturday’s game; INF David Villar was optioned to Triple-A Sacramento and RHP Luke Jackson was placed on a rehab assignment with Single-A San Jose. … Beofre going 0-for-4 on Sunday, INF Casey Schmitt hit safely in his first five games in MLB, batting .550 (two home runs, five runs batted in, 1.550 OPS). Schmitt’s 11 hits in his first five games is second-best in Giants history (since 1901), trailing only Jim Davenport with 12 in 1958, the Giants’ first season in San Francisco. … The Giants can become the first MLB franchise to reach 11,500 wins (including playoffs) with their next win. .,. San Francisco has hit 61 home runs through its first 38 games, third-best in MLB behind Tampa Bay (80) and the Los Angeles Dodgers (67). … The roof was closed on Sunday at Chase Field. Game time temperature was 97 degrees outside, 74 degrees inside. … The announced attendance was 26,267; time of game was 2 hours and 24 minutes.

Arizona Diamondbacks’ Dominic Fletcher watches his three-run triple against the San Francisco Giants in the sixth inning at Chase Field in Phoenix on Sat May 13, 2023 (AP News photo)

By Daniel Dullum
Saturday, May 13, 2023

PHOENIX, Ariz. – The hits just keep on coming for Arizona rookie Dominic Fletcher. Literally.

The 25-year-old rightfielder continued the torrid pace he’s set since he was called up from Triple-A Reno on April 30. Fletcher drove in five of Arizona’s seven runs Saturday with a triple and a home run in the Diamondbacks’ 7-2 win over the San Francisco Giants.

Fletcher is hitting .486 in his first 12 major league games. He was 2-for-4 on Saturday.

“I’m going to be aggressive on pitches in the zone and try to do damage,” Fletcher said. “If there’s a pitch through the zone that I can drive, I’m going to swing.

“There’s a comfort level here with my teammates and the coaching staff, and everyone here has done a great job of welcoming me. I just go out there, play hard and play to win.”

Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said, “And, don’t forget that defensive play he made in the first inning to keep (the Giants) to just one run, At the plate, he’s making the most of this opportunity with every at-bat. That’s what we love about him.

“He’s an engaged player, and does it on both sides of the ball.”

Diamondbacks starter Zac Gallen (6-1) worked 7 2/3 innings – his longest start of the season – logging six strikeouts while giving up two earned runs on five hits and two walks. Andrew Chafin retired one batter to snuff out a potential rally in the eighth, Anthony Misiewicz gave up a two-out double to Michael Conforto and a single to Casey Schmitt in the ninth before Kyle Nelson struck out Blake Sabol to end the game.

“It was a grind,’ Gallen said of his performance. “I didn’t have the greatest feel for my curveball. I was just trying to make pitches and keep us in the game. Our defense made a lot of great plays that kept it close and bailed me out of some spots.”

Anthony DeSclafani (3-3) was cruising along until he ran into trouble in the sixth, when he was pulled after Arizona loaded the bases with nobody out. The D-Backs’ three go-ahead runs were charged to DeSclafani, who struck out two, walked one and gave up five hits.

“Several weeks ago, he dropped a piano bench on his toe, his toenail took the brunt of it,” Giants manager Gabe Kapler said. “He felt good enough to keep going, but he’s been in quite a bit of pain. So we’ve monitored it and decided it was good enough to play.

“Tony’s pretty tough. He battled pretty hard out there tonight and I know he’s battling though some pain. He was cruising for a couple of innings, but when he covered first base, and you could see how he came off the mound, that was enough.”

Kapler commended DeSclafini’s fastball and slider, saying, “He was able to get some weak swings. I thought he performed well.”

The Diamondbacks broke up DeSclafani’s bid for a shutout and took a 4-1 lead in the bottom of the sixth inning. Jose Herrera started the rally with a single and moved to second on a single by Josh Rojas. After Ketel Marte reached on an infield single to load the bases, Scott Alexander replaced DeSclafani.

During Corbin Carroll’s at-bat, Alexander threw a wild pitch that allowed Herrera to score the tying run. After Christian Walker was intentionally walked, Alexander struck out pinch-hitter Evan Longoria before Fletcher drilled a three-RBI triple to the right-center field gap.

“Their whole lineup is pretty dangerous from top to bottom,” Kapler said of the Diamondbacks. “You have one batter swinging the bat really well (Fletcher) and another one right behind him. It’s a challenge to get through their lineup right now.”

San Francisco got a run back in the top of the eighth when Wilmer Flores doubled with two out, driving in Brett Wisely, who reached on a fielder’s choice.

The Diamondbacks added three runs in the bottom of the eighth off San Francisco reliever Tristan Beck, two of them on Fletcher’s second home run of the year. Fletcher’s drive to right was originally ruled a triple, but was changed to a home run following a video review.

“Initially, I thought (centerfielder Wisely) dropped it or it popped out of his glove,’ Fletcher said. “Then, I did all that hard work and I could have been jogging the whole time!”

San Francisco took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Thairo Estrada struck out and reached on a wild pitch, then scored on a J.D. Davis sacrifice fly that started a double play (retiring baserunner LaMonte Wade Jr.) to end the inning.

Schmitt and Conforto each went 2-for-4 for the Giants. Schmitt has a .550 average (11-for-20) in his first four major league games.

The series wraps up on Sunday, with a matchup of righthanders – Logan Webb (3-5, 3.46) for San Francisco against the Diamondbacks’ Brandon Pfaadt (0-1, 12.10). First pitch is scheduled for 1:10 p.m.

GIANTS JOTTINGS: The largest crowd of the weekend series at Chase Field was an announced attendance of 25,147. … The roof was closed after being open on Thursday and Friday.

San Francisco Giants’ Joc Pederson is hit by a pitch from Arizona Diamondbacks’ Scott McGough during the eighth inning at Chase Field in Phoenix on Fri May 12, 2023 (AP News photo)

By Daniel Dullum
Friday, May 12, 2023

PHOENIX, Ariz. – On Fireworks Night at Chase Field on Friday, Arizona’s Dominic Fletcher gave the fans a preview to the postgame festivities with a home run and a run-scoring double to help the Diamondbacks defeat San Francisco 7-5.

Fletcher, hitting in the No. 9 slot, was 3-for-4 with four runs batted in.

“(Fletcher) swung the bat well,” Diamondbacks interim manager Jeff Banister said. “He’s put together some terrific at-bats, great power, has a really good plan up there. In my opinion, he doesn’t really get overwhelmed by the situation. He looks very confident in the box. He gets quality at-bats for us every night he’s in there for us.”

Diamondbacks first baseman Christian Walker added, “He’s been great. He’s a hard worker, has a feel for the game, plays with a lot of energy and intensity. He’s in every at-bat and puts together competitive at-bats.”

Arizona scored twice in the sixth to regain the lead at 6-4. Ahmed drew a one-out walk, followed by a Gabriel Moreno single. Fletcher doubled to center, driving in Ahmed. While Emmanuel Rivera was batting, Giants catcher Blake Sabol was charged with a passed ball, allowing Moreno to score and Fletcher to advance to third.

Gurriel’s RBI double in the bottom of the seventh extended Arizona’s lead to 7-4. Gurriel’s line drive to left-center plated Josh Rojas, who led off the inning with a double after replacing Walker, who was ejected in the sixth inning.

“I think it was a carryover from the check-swing at-bat,” Banister said. “He’s just a very competitive player for us. Obviously, that’s not what he wanted in that situation.

“That was a decision the umpires made, and it’s a decision we have to live with.”

Walker said, “I’m assuming my body language from the half-inning before had (the umpires’) attention on me. But there was no words said. I thought I could have avoided it, but I feel like I have to stand up for myself.”

The Giants cut their deficit to 7-5 in the eighth when Joc Pederson was hit by a Scott McGough pitch and scored on Casey Schmitt’s double to right off Diamondbacks reliever Andrew Chafin.

Earlier, Pederson’s fifth home run of the year, a two-run drive to left, gave the Giants a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning. LaMonte Wade Jr., who led off the game with a base hit, also scored.

The Giants extended their early lead to 3-0 when Michael Conforto led off the second with his sixth home run of the season.

Arizona came back in the bottom of the first to tie the game at 3-3 on Dominic Fletcher’s three-run home run. After Lourdes Guriel Jr. singled and Nick Ahmed walked, Fletcher sent his first home run of the season to deep left off Giants reliever Ross Stripling.

The Diamondbacks surged ahead 4-3 in the bottom of the third when Evan Longoria sent a drive to deep left for his fifth round-tripper of the season. But San Francisco tied the game at 4-4 in the top of the fifth when Wade doubled and scored on a single by Pederson.

San Francisco opted for a bullpen game. Opener John Brebbia struck out two, walked one and gave up one hit in a scoreless first. Brebbia was followed by Stripling, who gave up four earned runs in 3 1/3 innings; Jakob Junis (2-2), who surrendered the go-ahead runs in 1 2/3; Alex Wood, and Scott Alexander.

Giants manager Gabe Kapler said, “Brebbia has done a real nice job for us in the past and got us through the first inning. Then we had to get through the game with support guys. Woody is going to start the game for us on Monday, so we couldn’t really extend him at all.”

Diamondbacks starter Ryne Nelson worked 4 2/3 innings, striking out four and issuing one walk. He also gave up four earned runs on seven hits. Anthony Misiewicz (1-0) picked up the win, throwing 1 1/3 shutout innings. Kyle Nelson, McGough and Chafin each were credited with a hold, and Miguel Castro got two out in the ninth to earn his second save.

On Saturday, Anthony DeSclafani (3-2, 2.80) faces the Diamondbacks ace Zac Gallen (5-1, 2.36) in a battle of righthanders. Game time is 5:10 p.m.

GIANTS JOTTINGS: D-Backs coach Jeff Banister filled in as manager as Torey Lovullo was attending his son’s graduation from Northern Arizona University. Banister was the American League Manager of the Year at Texas in 2015. … Going into Friday’s game, Fletcher was hitting .419 in his first 10 big league games. … Giants LHP Alex Wood returned from his rehab assignment and was reinstated from the 15-day IL. RHP Cole Waites was optioned to Triple-A Sacramento after Thursday’s game. … INF Casey Schmitt joined Hall-of-Famer Willie McCovey (1959) as the only Giants to get eight hits in their first three career games. … Announced attendance was 19,266; time of game was 2:56.

San Francisco Giants’ Casey Schmitt (6) is congratulated for his two-run home run against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the second inning at Chase Field in Phoenix on Thu May 11, 2023 (AP News photo)

By Daniel Dullum
Thursday, May 11, 2023

PHOENIX, Ariz. – With his teammates cheering him on in the San Francisco Giants’ clubhouse, rookie shortstop Casey Schmitt was trying to sink some golf putts into a paper cup following the Giants’ 6-2 win over Arizona on Thursday.

The impromptu putting competition didn’t go so well. Baseball, apparently, comes easier to Schmitt than golf

“I’m not a good putter,” Schmitt said. “There’s something about golf, I can’t get it. I’m going to have to practice!”

Putting might be the only thing Schmitt isn’t doing well of late. He played a solid shortstop while continuing to swing a hot bat on Thursday, going 4-for-4 with three runs batted in, raising his batting average to .667 after three games.

“I think he’s done really well since he’s come up,” Giants manager Gabe Kapler said. “His shortstop play has been really impressive. Arm strength, big hits, and extreme power, like that ball he hit to left field, A lot of timely moments for Casey so far.”

The 24-year-old Schmitt admitted that he never envisioned a start like this for his major league career.

“I’m just going out there and playing baseball,” Schmitt said. “This is just amazing. I’m just taking it all in and enjoying it. Right now, I’m just having fun and whatever happens, happens.”

San Francisco jumped to a 2-0 lead in the top of the second on Schmitt’s second home run of the season, a two-run shot measured at 443 feet to left following a one-out walk to Michael Conforto.

“I watched it and I was hoping it would stay fair, then I saw it get to the upper deck,” Schmitt said of his second home run since being called up from Triple-A Sacramento on Tuesday.

“It’s not so much the home run, but that he just keeps on producing,” Kapler said. “I know it’s been just a couple of games, but he’s made a significant impact. We’re lucky to have his production and I’m sure he’s enjoying every minute of this.

“He provides a lot of momentum in the clubhouse, and the players in the clubhouse are feeding off of his energy right now. … He’s loose, he’s young, and he takes things as they come. He has a simple approach to the game, doesn’t overthink things, and has an easygoing demeanor that has served him well so far.”

Giants starter Alex Cobb (3-1) worked 7 1/3 shutout innings with three strikeouts and two walks, throwing 104 pitches. Cobb lowered his ERA to 1.70.

“This is what we saw from him most of the time last season,” Kapler said of Cobb. “He was one of the best pitchers in baseball when he was on the field, and when we need plays behind him, it made him better.

“I think what we’re seeing is, the defense is allowing him to go deeper into games. You use fewer relievers, you tax your bullpen less, and you put less pressure on the offense when you make plays like that behind a pitcher like Cobb.”

The Giants added four more runs in the top of the ninth. After J.D. Davis led off with a single and Conforto walked, Schmitt drove a double to left-center, scoring Davis. Joey Bart followed with an RBI single, and, when LaMonte Wade Jr. reached on a fielder’s choice, a throwing error by D-Backs second baseman Ketel Marte allowed Schmitt to score.

Bryce Johnson’s sacrifice fly to left gave San Francisco a 6-0 lead.

The Diamondbacks threatened in the bottom of the ninth. Pavin Smith singled and Christian Walker walked, both scoring on a one-out single by Dominic Fletcher, chasing Giants reliever Cole Waites.

Camilo Doval struck out Gabriel Moreno and Alex Thomas in a non-save situation to end the game.

Arizona starter Tommy Henry (1-1) gave up five hits, two earned runs and two walks while striking out two. Fletcher went 3-for-4.

Righthander Ryne Nelson (1-2, 6.00) will start for the Diamondbacks on Friday. Kapler said the Giants have decided on a starter for Friday, but wasn’t ready to announce who it is.

GIANTS JOTTINGS: With mild temperatures for early May, the roof was open at Chase Field – 88 degrees at game time with a slight breeze blowing toward right. … OF Austin Slater was placed on the 10-day injured list with a strained left hamstring, OF Bryce Johnson was recalled from Triple-A Sacramento … The Giants are currently in a stretch of playing 12 of 16 games at home, the exception being this weekend’s four-game series in Phoenix. It’s also San Francisco’s first road trip this season that doesn’t require adjusting to a different time zone. Most of Arizona does not observe Daylight Saving Time. … The Diamondbacks have spent 23 total days this season either in or tied for first place in the NL West. … The announced attendance was 15,582, with competition from the Phoenix Suns hosting the Denver Nuggets in the NBA West semifinals next door.

Arizona (73-86) 3 13 0

San Francisco (80-79) 4 6 1 10 innings

Sunday, October 2, 2022

San Francisco Giants David Villar (middle) gets congratulated by teammates JD Davis (7) and Mike Yastrzemski (5) after getting a tenth inning walk off two RBI single against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sun Oct 2, 2022 (@SFGiants photo)

By Lewis Rubman

At first, it was a novelty. Then it was a rarity. Now, for the second day in a row, the Giants played a bullpen game. Yesterday’s wasn’t successful, although opener Scott Alexander handled his five man chore perfectly. It was nominal reliever Jakob Junis and bullpen denizen Jarlín García who opened the floodgates to enable the Diamondbacks deathly offense.

For today, the Giants again chose Alexander to open. Being eliminated from the playoffs means you play spring training games in the fall, so there was nothing to do but relax and enjoy the show.

And what a show it was! The Giants ended up on top of a 4-3 thriller in which they were they got less than half the amount of hit as the visiting snakes. Alexander got through his inning scorelessly but not before giving up a pair of singles. Thomas Szapucki ran into a spot of trouble in the third, but he kept Arizona off the board in his two frames on the mound.

Alex Young followed him in the fourth with another shutout frame in the fourth but faltered in the fifth, yielding a pair of two out doubles to Carston Kelly and Jake McCarthy that allowed the Diamondbacks to score their first run. The always exciting and recently more effective submariner Tyler Rogers came in at that point and got Christian Walker to fly out to end the threat.

Rogers allowed a leadoff double to Josh Rojas in the sixth, but The Curse of the Leadoff Double and a pitcher’s best friend allowed him to escape the consequences of that blow and Corbin Carroll’s infield single. Shelby Miller pitched a perfect seventh in his third big league appearance.

Arizona sent Zach Davies (2-5, 4.18 at game time) to the mound as their starter. The Giants jumped on him for a quick lead in the top of the first. With one out, Wilmer Flores and JD Davis walked, and Joc Pederson’s sharp line drive single to center loaded the bases.

Evan Longoria’s sac fly to left brought Flores home. Brandon Crawford drew a base on balls to clog the base paths with Giants. Then, for some reason, maybe because he’s pretty speedy, Thairo Estrada bunted for a base hit. His speed turned out to be irrelevant; Estrada popped out to the mound.

Davis left the game, trailing 1-0 after five, but escaped with a no decision. He threw 91 pitches, 40 of which were balls. The run he allowed was earned, and he also yielded two hits and five walks. He struck out three and brought his ERA down to 4.09.

Lefty Caleb Smith took over for Davis and pitched a perfect sixth, but Austin Slater, pinch hitting for LaMonte Wade, Jr., led off the seventh, leaning into a 90mph four seamer to send it flying 395 feet into the left center field seats and put San Francisco ahead 2-1.

That advantage was short lived. The oft used John Brebbia started the eighth episode for the hosts, and the visitors put good wood on his offerings. Their most telling blows were McCarthy’s lead off single to right and Rojas’s one out line drive double to right that drove him in with the tying tally. Brebbia escaped unscathed after that, and Camilo Doval threw a perfect ninth.

Kevin Ginkel took care of the Giants with no trouble in the eighth, and Marc Melançon did the same to his erstwhile teammates in the ninth.

The teams went into extras with Jharel Cotton on the mound for San Francisco and Daulton Varsho on second base for the club from Phoenix. Carlson Kelly made an inexplicable bunt attempt that didn’t even advance Varsho, who scored when the next batter, McCarthy singled him home with a line drive to right.

Christian Walker hit a single to third that hit Longoria’s hand, but the veteran third sacker stayed in the game. Things looked bleak for the orange and black when the D’back runners pulled off a double steal. But Cotton buckled down and struck out Rojas and retired Pavin Smith on a fly to center. The inning was over, but Arizona now led 3-2.

They sent Taylor Widener to the mound in the Giants’ half of the tenth. Yaz was the zombie runner. Flores walked. JD Davis filled the bases with an infield single. David Villar ended the suspense (and the Giants’ home season) with a first pitch ground ball single to left.

Cotton got the win. He’s now 4-2, 2.76. Widener took the loss. His record now stands at 0-1, 5.11.

The Giants will play out the string in San Diego. Tomorrow’s game will start at 6:40. Joe Musgrove (10-7, 3.03) will be on the hump for the Padres. The San Francisco brain trust hasn’t yet announced their starter (or opener, as the case may be)

San Francisco Giants Mike Yastrzemski heads home after getting congratulations from third base coach Mark Wallberg after hitting home run in the bottom of the eighth inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sat Oct 1, 2022 (AP News photo)

Arizona (73-85). 8. 12. 0

San Francisco (79-79). 4. 8. 1

Saturday, October 1, 2022

By Lewis Rubman

SAN FRANCISCO–It’s October, but today’s 8-4 Giants’ loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks wasn’t an October Classic. On the contrary, it was an exercise in futility.

The Rattlers sent 5’11”, 170 lb. right handed rookie Drey Jameson to face the Giants in his fourth major league start. He was 2-0, 0.98 in those games, and the deepest he’d gone was the seven innings he hurled in his September 15 debut, and the most pitches he’d thrown was 95 five days later when he beat the Dodgers in Chavez Ravine.

This afternoon showed he’s the real thing. He pitched six innings, yielding two runs, both earned, on six hits, one of which went out of the park, and two walks. He struck out seven, throwing 98 pitche, 65 for strikes, on the way to his third win. His ERA rose to a still better than respectable 1.48.

For the Giants, it was a bullpen game, with 0-0, 1.20 southpaw Scott Alexander as opener for the third time this season. He hung around for an inning and a third, not allowing a hit but having to face four batters because of an error behind him by Thairo Estrada at short.

Jakob Junis took over with no one on and one down in the top of the second and pitched decently but not much better than that.

San Francisco opened the scoring in the bottom of the third. Joey Bart drew a one out, full count walk and moved on to second on what sounded like a broken bat single to center by Joc Pederson. LaMonte Wade, Jr., hard grounder to first took a bad bounce and went for an infield single to fill the bases with Giants.

Estrada grounded to Buddy Kennedy at third, who threw to Josh Rojas at second for the force on Wade, but Estrada beat out the relay to first, driving in Bart with the first run of the game.

They don’t call it Triples Alley for nothing. Christian Walker demonstrated that by walloping Junis’s first offering against the State Farm advertisement in right center field wall and coasting into third with a three bagger.

Josh Rojas plated him with the tying tally on a sac fly to deep center. After Kennedy went down swinging, Arizona resumed its battering of Junis. Corbin Carroll socked a double to right.

Cooper Hummel got the benefit of a semi-intentional walk, and number nine batter Sergio Alcántara sent a sinking liner to left that a diving Jason Vosler couldn’t corral. That brought Carroll and Hummel in with the runs that put the Diamondbacks ahead 3-1.

It was Junis’s fielding rather than his pitching that kept Arizona off the board in the fifth. With runners on the corners and one away, he grabbed Jake McCarthy’s bouncer to the mound and chased Jordan Luplow back to third, tagging him out before closing the frame.

Carroll opened the sixth with a reprise of Alcántara’s double in fourth. But, between Junis’s skill and The Curse of the Leadoff Double, the score remained 3-1.

JD Davis narrowed the gap with two down and the bases empty in the sixth by sending Jameson’s first pitch to him, a 96mph four seamer, into the netting under the batter’s eye, 436 feet deep into centerfield. It was his 12th home run of the year.

The Giants still trailed 3-2 when, after Luplow led off the top of the seventh with a nubber to third that went for a single, Jarlín García relieved Junis, who had gone 4-2/3 innings and allowed three runs and soon would be charged with a posthumous fourth tally, all earned, on eight hits and two walks He threw 83 pitches, 55 for strikes and two walks. He would be charged with his seventh loss of the year against five wins while his ERA rose to 4.42.

The bottom fell out for the Giants with García on the mound. Luplow scored on McCarthy’s single to left. A double by Walker, a single by Rojas, a walk to Kennedy, a sac fly by Hummel, and Alcántara’s double made the score 8-2 in favor of the visitors, who had batted around as they battered their hosts.

Kevin Ginkel took over for Jameson after his long rest on the bench while his teammates took care of business.

Needless to say, García didn’t come out to pitch the eighth. That task fell to Junior Marte, who set the side down in order. Except for a leadoff walk, he did the same in the top of the ninth.

One time Giant Mark Melançon got his first two men out in the eighth, but the 90mph cut fastball he threw to Yaz touched down in McCovey Cove to cut the Rattlers’ lead to five runs. That made 17 homers and. 55 RBIs for Yastrzemski’s disappointing season.

Reyes Moronta pitched a sloppy bottom of the ninth, in which he allowed a run on a single to Austin Slater, who advanced to second on defensive indifference and to third on a wild pitch before Ford Proctor drove him in with a sacrifice fly to left, giving the Giants a small fig leaf as they scored their fourth run against Arizona’s eight.

With this loss, the orange and black were mathematically eliminated from postseason competition.

The Giants close their home season tomorrow afternoon at 1:05. Arizona will send Zach Davies (2-5, 4.18) to the mound. San Francisco’s starter is yet to be named